14. Summary of contextual analysis: SWOT

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

 Urban areas in Mogale City form part  Poor physical and functional  Linkages with Johannesburg  Cradle of Humankind Buffer Zone. of the Gauteng Global City Region. integration between greater Kagiso economic development.  Current delineation of the Gauteng  Pristine Natural Environment. area and Krugersdorp.  Johannesburg BRT infrastructure and Urban Edge.  An established Primary Node  Poor quality of disadvantaged routes.  Decline of the Krugersdorp CBD. (Krugersdorp CBD). settlements.  Cradle of Humankind tourism  Undermined land and potential health  Regional accessibility from Tshwane  Mining land that provides a constraint potential. hazards posed by mine dumps. and Johannesburg. to development.  N14 and Lanseria development  Rural land invasion.  Demand for development and  Dolomite. opportunities.  Lack of investment in infrastructure. expansion.  Lack of investment in public  Rail network.  Backlogs in housing delivery.  High value agricultural land that forms environment.  Rural service centres (Magaliesburg,  Displacement of rural population due part of a Gauteng Agricultural Hub.  Lack of housing opportunities in rural Tarlton and Hekpoort). to development pressure (in particular  The availability of land to the east of environment.  Tourism opportunities in extensive Muldersdrift area). the N14 in the Muldersdrift area to  Large poor and underserviced rural environment.  Uncoordinated and unmanaged accommodate long term growth in population.  Development of a strong activity development in the Muldersdrift area. Mogale City. network.  Strong functional and economic  Creation of a benchmark development linkages with the City of area in the Muldersdrift area based on Johannesburg Sustainable Human Settlements and New Urbanism.

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